Frequency tuning and intensity coding of sound in the auditory periphery of the lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1567-1578

  Meyer, Michaela ^a   Fay, Richard R ^b   Popper, Arthur N ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral; Auditory; Auditory code; Particle motion; Single unit; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FISH; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; VESTIBULE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; FISHES; HEARING; SACCULE AND UTRICLE;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACTINOPTERYGII; CARASSIUS AURATUS; LAGENA; OSTEICHTHYES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951541697     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.031757     Document Type: Article

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